‘Black Panther’ to Mark Opening of Saudi Cinemas

AYA BATRAWY / The Associated Press Apr 18, 2018 The Saudi government says the event will be "the showing of the first commercial film in the kingdom after more than 35 years." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Voices From a ‘Shithole Country’

Gbemisola Olujobi and Patience Ogbo / Truthdig Mar 29, 2018 A Nigerian writer collects reactions from fellow citizens about the Trump slur, and those reactions aren't always what you might expect. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Politicians Are Leaving the Problem of Nuclear Waste to Future Generations

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Feb 27, 2018 The U.S., France and the U.K. continue to build nuclear power stations without addressing the problem of existing waste, which is reaching potentially dangerous levels. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Total War in Syria Reveals a Toothless U.N.

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Feb 21, 2018 One of the most distressing takeaways from the country's civil war is that the United Nations does not work and the hopes of the framers of its 1945 charter have been dashed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Buttering Up the Pentagon

Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch Feb 20, 2018 The newly released National Defense Strategy offers a glimpse at how the Pentagon’s vision of future global policy manages to provide something for each of its services and their corporate backers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Let’s Also Remember the Schoolchildren U.S. and Russian Bombs Are Killing

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Feb 16, 2018 Schools have repeatedly been struck from the air by Saudi, UAE, Moroccan and Jordanian pilots using American-supplied planes and bombs, in a campaign backed by Washington and the United Kingdom. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Big Business Threatens Earth’s Future

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Feb 10, 2018 With their global reach and financial resources, transnational companies say they are ushering in a sustainable future. But a new book says that trusting them to do that is like trusting arsonists to be firefighters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Is Russian Role in Downing of Israeli Warplane?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Feb 10, 2018 If Russia was involved, it may be a sign of Vladimir Putin’s determination to assert the prerogatives of his nation's sphere of influence in Syria. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pentagon Watchdog Calls Out Two Military Commands for Financial Malfeasance

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Feb 9, 2018 The U.S. Africa Command and Central Command squanders $500 million fighting a drug war in a scandal that catches the essence of what may be the true opioid crisis of 21st-century America. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

President Offers a Helping Hand to China and Russia

Dilip Hiro / TomDispatch Feb 7, 2018 Many of Donald Trump's actions and tweets prior to the release of his national security strategy provided Beijing and Moscow with opportunities to extend their influence and power. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Ten Commonsense Suggestions for Making Peace, Not War

William Astore / TomDispatch Feb 6, 2018 In today’s climate of budget-busting “defense” appropriations, isn’t it finally time for Americans to apply a little logic to our disastrous pattern of war-making? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Israelis Protest Pending Deportation of African Migrants

ARON HELLER / The Associated Press Jan 30, 2018 Pilots, doctors, writers, former ambassadors and Holocaust survivors are appealing to Prime Minister Netanyahu to halt a plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants, saying it is unethical. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )